In horses, there are four alleles at the A locus

Arranged in dominance sequence they are:A
(wild), ab (bay), ac (brown), ad (black)
If you bred several bay mares whose sires were
brown to a brown stallion whose sire was black, what
are the genotypes of the parents; what type of
offspring would be produced, and in what
proportion? What will be an ideal response?


Answer: abac x acad; 1/2 bay, 1/2 brown

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